Young Adults

A GUIDE FOR POST-MODERN PILGRIMS
SEEKING AUTHENTIC SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION

by Kevin Thew Forrester

“Kevin Thew Forrester’s Holding Beauty in My Soul’s Arms is a book for many, if not most, of us on the journey toward deeper spiritual formation. It offers a resting place, a reflective learning place where we may pause and savor at our own pace the riches of scripture, tradition, and reason as well as post-modern psychology, ethics, cultural studies, and systems theory. Familiar stories, presented in informative and provocative ways, take on greater vibrancy. Narratives of saints, ancient and modern, hold up reflections of human transformation. As we move into an unknown future, foundational theological questions about how we perceive ourselves and God are candidly and plainly opened up. It is in the doing of theology – reflecting upon our experience and that of wider communities – that we find nurture, insight and guidance toward Christian transformation.

by Heidi Clark

The 15-session study guide allows a group to work through each chapter of Jesus Was An Episcopalian in a simple 45-60 minute program. Each session can be a stand-alone program on a single topic or can be combined with other sessions to create adult forums, discussion groups or a confirmation or newcomer's class.  Each  session includes a short excerpt from the chapter which means participants don't have to have read the book, making it truly open to everyone, every week. Order now and download it immediately!

LITURGICAL EXPLORATIONS: COLLECTS, BLESSINGS,
LITANIES, PRAYERS AND EUCHARISTIC PRAYERS

by Kevin Thew Forrester

My Heart is a Raging Volcano of Love for You! provides liturgical texts to enrich our common worship. These resources bring the liturgy alive in exciting ways. Unlike our current collects, these collects are drawn from the day’s Scripture readings, giving them a connection to the day’s lessons and sermon. Kevin uses refreshing, contemporary language that makes ancient texts meaningful to today’s ears while emboding the church’s baptismal theology and the Anglican-Episcopal tradition.

by The Rev. Alice Mindurm

What is Reiki? And what, if anything, has it got to do with Christian healing? 

Alice Mindrum, Episcopal priest and Reiki master teacher, shares the story of Reiki and her own journey from being healed to becoming a healer. You will be introduced to how Reiki “works,” as well as the ways in which Reiki is taught, learned and practiced, particularly in the Christian context.

PREPARATIONS AND PROVISIONS FOR LIFE TOGETHER

by The Rev. Linda L. Grenz and Dr. Delbert C. Glover

The two authors of this book, Linda Grenz and Del Glover, say at the outset that they are ordinary Christians writing for ordinary Christians and ordinary congregations. So why has this book become a classic for couples about to marry, couples already married, and the congregations that support them? Because they approach the ordinary issues couples face in marriage from the life-experience perspectives of an Episcopal priest (Linda) and a former corporate executive (Del) who worked with people as they faced various family-related issues. They invite readers to use the book in ways that speak most directly to them and offer questions for the couple to discuss and others that engage a congregation. The book is filled with probing questions for the individual to consider and couples to discuss.